tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post1118562130342964116..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Internet censorship againUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-71828000071977043122010-04-05T00:26:59.830+02:002010-04-05T00:26:59.830+02:00Canada, same story. Between the "threats&quo...Canada, same story. Between the "threats" of cyberterrorism and cybersex, the authorities are casting about for every possible way to increase their surveillance over the internet.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the internet naturally lends itself to surveillance. This sort of communication technology makes tracking and archiving very easy, and unlike the secret police of the past, it is not very labour intensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-47637280165046922482010-04-01T13:46:39.585+02:002010-04-01T13:46:39.585+02:00Which action would you suggest?
A "pirate par...Which action would you suggest?<br />A "pirate party", lobbying or something else?<br /><br />A "pirate party" might be to extreme, but counter movements usually are.Saif_Katananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-38754322990590372010-03-30T20:09:22.905+02:002010-03-30T20:09:22.905+02:00Pretty simple how the German government will act. ...Pretty simple how the German government will act. They will criticize it now but when the (EU) vote comes up, they will abstain. (Just like with SWIFT. Thankfully the EU parliament intervened here.)<br /><br />And then they will tell German voters that they can´t do anything about it because it´s a EU law.<br /><br />And I wouldn´t be surprised if the EU move was "initiated / encouraged" by some national government ministers. Maybe German, maybe others.<br />There is a tendency by many national governments to try and circumvent their own parliaments on potentially controversial topics by introducing it as an EU initiative.<br /><br />DetlefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-5834331236861844932010-03-30T08:45:22.365+02:002010-03-30T08:45:22.365+02:00Could not agree more! Here in Australia the same e...Could not agree more! Here in Australia the same efforts are taking place...with the same target as a politically convenient tool, ie. child abuse, online stalkers, image distribution...the factual discussion for or against it concerns speed limitations of internet access...civil liberty infringements as the major counterpoint seem to be irrelevant. <br /><br />The entire representation of the issue on behalf of politicians supporting the scheme lacks any intellectual capacity, when it comes to technical as well as political aspects and seems to take place on a pre-school level of discussion. Its simply disgusting.paranoreply@blogger.com